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Updated January 22, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : Song
  • Old German : Freeholder; English feminine form of Carolus; Originally a short form of Caroline; feminine form of Charles
  • Greek : Pure
  • Turkish : Flows like water
  • Greek : Pure

Girl name variations

Carol

Carol

- 7% this year
Feminine
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Carel

Carel

0 % this year
Neutral
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Carline

Carline

0 % this year
Feminine
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Caro

Caro

0 % this year
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Carola

Carola

+ 14% this year
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Carole

Carole

0 % this year
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Caroll

Caroll

0 % this year
Neutral
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Caroly

Caroly

0 % this year
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Carri

Carri

0 % this year
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Carrola

Carrola

0 % this year
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Carroll

Carroll

- 17% this year
Neutral
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Caryl

Caryl

- 14% this year
Neutral
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Caryll

Caryll

0 % this year
Neutral
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Karel

Karel

+ 160% this year
Neutral
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Karla

Karla

+ 3% this year
Feminine
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Karleen

Karleen

0 % this year
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Karli

Karli

- 2% this year
Feminine
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Karlie

Karlie

- 20% this year
Feminine
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Karlina

Karlina

0 % this year
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Karlinka

Karlinka

0 % this year
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Karlote

Karlote

0 % this year
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Karlotta

Karlotta

0 % this year
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Karol

Karol

+ 13% this year
Neutral
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Karole

Karole

0 % this year
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Karola

Karola

0 % this year
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Karyl

Karyl

0 % this year
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Karyll

Karyll

0 % this year
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Karryl

Karryl

0 % this year
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Karryll

Karryll

0 % this year
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Kerril

Kerril

0 % this year
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Kerryl

Kerryl

0 % this year
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Keryl

Keryl

0 % this year
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Karen

Karen

- 14% this year
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Caren

Caren

0 % this year
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Carin

Carin

+ 82% this year
Feminine
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Caron

Caron

- 23% this year
Feminine
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Caronn

Caronn

0 % this year
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Carren

Carren

0 % this year
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Carrin

Carrin

0 % this year
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Carron

Carron

- 17% this year
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Carryn

Carryn

0 % this year
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Caryn

Caryn

0 % this year
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Carynn

Carynn

0 % this year
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Carynne

Carynne

0 % this year
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Kare

Kare

0 % this year
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Kareen

Kareen

0 % this year
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Karenna

Karenna

0 % this year
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Karin

Karin

+ 53% this year
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Karina

Karina

- 4% this year
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Karan

Karan

- 44% this year
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Karon

Karon

+ 15% this year
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Karron

Karron

- 17% this year
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Karryn

Karryn

0 % this year
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Karyn

Karyn

0 % this year
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Keren

Keren

- 30% this year
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Kerran

Kerran

0 % this year
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Kerrin

Kerrin

+ 20% this year
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Kerron

Kerron

0 % this year
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Kerrynn

Kerrynn

0 % this year
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Keryn

Keryn

0 % this year
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Kerynne

Kerynne

0 % this year
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Taran

Taran

- 6% this year
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Taren

Taren

- 29% this year
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Taryn

Taryn

- 5% this year
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Cari

Cari

- 18% this year
Feminine
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Carrie

Carrie

- 12% this year
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Keri

Keri

+ 8% this year
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Kery

Kery

- 38% this year
Feminine
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Kary

Kary

- 25% this year
Feminine
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Katherine

Katherine

- 5% this year
Feminine
Common
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Katarina

Katarina

- 16% this year
Feminine
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Katharine

Katharine

+ 32% this year
Feminine
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Kate

Kate

- 8% this year
Feminine
Uncommon
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Kathryn

Kathryn

- 12% this year
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Kathreen

Kathreen

0 % this year
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Katheryn

Katheryn

- 12% this year
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Katrin

Katrin

- 20% this year
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Kathy

Kathy

+ 4% this year
Feminine
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Katie

Katie

- 7% this year
Feminine
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Katina

Katina

+ 57% this year
Feminine
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Katrina

Katrina

- 36% this year
Feminine
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Karrie

Karrie

- 17% this year
Feminine
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Karry

Karry

+ 20% this year
Neutral
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Kara

Kara

- 15% this year
Feminine
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Carry

Carry

+ 60% this year
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Cara

Cara

- 17% this year
Feminine
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Pure
  • Welsh : Castle; rocky island

Boy name variations

Karey

Karey

0 % this year
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Karee

Karee

0 % this year
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Karrey

Karrey

0 % this year
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Karry

Karry

+ 20% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Kari

Family name origins & meanings

  • Finnish : topographic and ornamental name from kari ‘small island’, ‘stony rapids’, ‘sandbar’, or ‘rocky place in a field’. This name is found throughout Finland.
  • German : from a Carinthian pet form of the personal name Zacharias.
  • Hungarian : from a pet form of the personal name Károly, Hungarian form of Charles.
  • Indian (Maharashtra) : Hindu (Maratha) name of unknown meaning.

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